October 29, 2011

Happy smiles ...

Scientific name: Codiaeum variegatum
This is native to south India, grown extensively across the globe for its beautiful foliage. The evergreen shrub grows up to 3 m tall and has large, thick, ever green leaves. The inflorescence are long recemes with male and female flowers on separate inflorescence. The male flowers are white with five small petals and 20-30 stamens. This flower stalk was taken just outside my lab, on 30th August 2011.
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